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ODB (03-18-2019)
That's odd. My 20 odd pound Shiba Inu could pick up a full-grown racoon and shake it over his head. He terrorized racoons (and cats) being both fast and strong. We'd hear blood-curdling screams from the backyard and sure enough the Shiba was either screaming at the prey (it's what they do) or the prey was being killed. We were unable to save one racoon, but we saved all the cats.
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Last edited by Tahuyaman; 03-18-2019 at 06:52 PM.
Shiba's are not more than 50% domesticated, so they take hunting and territory very seriously, although they don't attack anything on the street or people, nor do they bark much. People who buy them are warned about this hunting propensity. They are considered one of the spitz breeds but they are actually the oldest breed of domesticated dog. Malemutes are considered to be spitz but are actually wolf-dog hybrids with the personality bred to favor the dog side. However, the wolf part of them needs training to be good hunters. Opossums feign death when they are afraid. If the predator doesn't buy the ruse or it's really looking for a meal, it's a bad strategy because they are easy prey when playing dead.
If you look at a Shiba and a New Guinea singing dog, they look almost exactly alike except for the tail curl in the Shiba.
New Guinea Singing Dog
Japanese Shiba Inu
The tail curl is actually the sign of domestication.
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
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I love that show. I cannot work in an animal shelter.
I did once then I stole a dog.
ODB (03-29-2019)
The wife and I have watched Pitbulls and Parolees for about as long as it's been on, and never miss it. My only problem with the show is the people who drive from places like Maine or California or New Jersey to a shelter in Louisiana to adopt a dog. Villalobos is not the only shelter in the country that rescues and adopts out pitbulls (and many of their dogs are not even pits or pit mixes). I always want to ask the family that drove from Arizona or Utah, "There aren't any dogs that need homes in your state?" But of course if you did that, you wouldn't be seen on a nationally broadcast t.v. program. Okay, that's the cynical/negative part of my post. Moving on...
When I got home on March 15th, after not being here for 67 days, my Gemma went crazy. It was like one of those "dog greets service member coming back from overseas" videos. I was sitting on the sofa, and she flew across the room and wiggled and rubbed against me, every once in a while just turning her head and staring into my eyes like she couldn't believe I was really there. When you're a constant in a pet's life from a very early age, going away for an extended time must be very confusing and disorienting for them. Imagine what it must be like for a family pet of many years to suddenly be abandoned, in a shelter or worse. Dogs being abused or neglected is one of those things I have to consciously avoid thinking about at bedtime, or I won't get much sleep.
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